Jimmy Kimmel Live has been canceled by ABC! Jimmy Kimmel, a veteran host, made a number of comments regarding the response to Charlie Kirk’s murder indefinitely after Kimmel made several comments.
Jimmy Kimmel is said to be “p*ssed” over ABC’s decision to axe his late-night show indefinitely.
Jimmy Kimmel Live! has been scrapped following the veteran host’s divisive comments about the reaction to Charlie Kirk’s assassination on Monday and Tuesday’s shows. A group of ABC-affiliated stations said it would not air the programme, citing the remarks broadcast less than one week after the killing as the reason.
However, according to sources, the host, who has hosted and been the show’s executive producer since 2003, “isn’t going to take this lightly.” According to an insider, Jimmy is upset that he was forced to suspend him and the show, and he won’t take it lightly because he is actively looking for ways to leave his contract. Jimmy is now looking to end his relationship with ABC forever with this decision.
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“Many in MAGA land are working very hard to capitalize on the murder of Charlie Kirk,” Kimmel said. The MAGA gang is frantically trying to characterize this kid as anything other than Charlie Kirk, and they are doing everything they can to get political points out of it, he added on Monday’s program.
Nexstar Communications Group, which owns 23 ABC affiliates, labeled these as “offensive and insensitive,” and ABC itself took action quickly on Wednesday. Kimmel, who hasn’t commented on the decision, has, however, publicly stated on Truth Social: “Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done.”
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Kimmel’s contract is up in May next year, though, and insiders believe he is now “looking for ways to get out” of the deal. It is believed Kimmel, 57, is set to go on Stephen Colbert’s show in the US in the coming days as Colbert – a Democrat – has also been criticised by Mr Trump after his show was axed by CBS in the summer.
The source told the Daily Mail: “They both are in the same predicament with being against the Trump administration, and they are now looking to do something together to fight for what they believe in. They both don’t want Trump to win in any way or fashion at all, and this has lit an extreme fire under Jimmy’s a** to continue to tell it like it is and be real to himself.”
Source: Mirror
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